[comp.dcom.lans] How to connect to a nearby site?

chet@arc.UUCP (Chet Wood) (02/02/90)

Hi.
	One group in our company is relocating to a nearby site.
(Somewhere between next door and a few miles away, we're not sure.)

We're used to the ethernet interconnection and wondering what would be
involved in preserving some of it. What kind of hardware/software is
required to run reasonably responsive TCP-IP protocols over a
distance-- telnet, nntp, ftp, maybe nfs.

I don't think we can afford microwave, but SLIP over a telebit won't
hack it. 

What's in between? A leased phone line? Where do I find out the
basics? Hardware, software, vendors, costs?

There will probably be a Sun at the head end at each site.

Thanks in advance for suggestions....

Chet

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